NAME¶
Data::FormValidator::Constraints::Upload - Validate File Uploads
SYNOPSIS¶
# Be sure to use a CGI.pm or CGI::Simple object as the form
# input when using this constraint
my $q = CGI->new;
use Data::FormValidator::Constraints::Upload qw(
file_format
file_max_bytes
image_max_dimensions
image_min_dimensions
);
my $dfv = Data::FormValidator->check($q,$my_profile);
# In a Data::FormValidator Profile:
constraint_methods => {
image_name => [
file_format(),
file_max_bytes(10),
image_max_dimensions(200,200),
image_min_dimensions(100,100),
],
}
DESCRIPTION¶
Note: This is a new module is a new addition to Data::FormValidator and
is should be considered "Beta".
These module is meant to be used in conjunction with the Data::FormValidator
module to automate the task of validating uploaded files. The following
validation routines are supplied.
To use any of them, the input data passed to Data::FormValidator must be a
CGI.pm object.
- file_format
- This function checks the format of the file, based on the MIME type if
it's available, and a case-insensitive version of the file extension
otherwise. By default, it tries to validate JPEG, GIF and PNG images. The
params are:
optional hash reference of parameters. A key named I<mime_types> points to
array references of valid values.
file_format( mime_types => [qw!image/jpeg image/gif image/png!] );
Calling this function sets some meta data which can be retrieved through the
"meta()" method of the Data::FormValidator::Results object. The
meta data added is "extension" and "mime_type".
The MIME type of the file will first be tried to figured out by using the
<File::MMagic> module to examine the file. If that doesn't turn up a
result, we'll use a MIME type from the browser if one has been provided.
Otherwise, we give up. The extension we return is based on the MIME type
we found, rather than trusting the one that was uploaded.
NOTE: if we have to fall back to using the MIME type provided by the
browser, we access it from the original input data and not the
filtered data. This should only cause issue when you have used a
filter to alter the type of file that was uploaded (e.g. image
conversion).
- file_max_bytes
- This function checks the maximum size of an uploaded file. By default, it
checks to make sure files are smaller than 1 Meg. The params are:
reference to max file size in bytes
file_max_bytes(1024), # 1 k
Calling this function sets some meta data which can be retrieved through the
"meta()" method of the Data::FormValidator::Results object. The
meta data added is "bytes".
- image_max_dimensions
- This function checks to make sure an uploaded image is no longer than some
maximum dimensions. The params are:
reference to max pixel width
reference to max pixel height
image_max_dimensions(200,200),
Calling this function sets some meta data which can be retrieved through the
"meta()" method of the Data::FormValidator::Results object. The
meta data added is "width" and "height".
- image_min_dimensions
- This function checks to make sure an uploaded image is longer than some
minimum dimensions. The params are:
reference to min pixel width
reference to min pixel height
image_min_dimensions(100,100),
Calling this function sets some meta data which can be retrieved through the
"meta()" method of the Data::FormValidator::Results object. The
meta data added is "width" and "height".
BACKWARDS COMPATIBILITY¶
An older more awkward interface to the constraints in this module is still
supported. To use it, you have to load the package with 'validator_packages',
and call each constraint in a hashref style, passing the parameters by
reference. It looks like this:
validator_packages => [qw(Data::FormValidator::Constraints::Upload)],
constraints => {
image_name => [
{
constraint_method => 'image_max_dimensions',
params => [\200,\200],
}
],
}
I told you it was more awkward. That was before I grokked the magic of closures,
which is what drives the current interface.
SEE ALSO¶
FileMetadata, Data::FormValidator, CGI, perl
AUTHOR¶
Mark Stosberg, <mark@summersault.com>
COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE¶
Copyright 2003-2005 by Mark Stosberg
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
the same terms as Perl itself.